He's an absolute moron, from the deceitful Tony Blair to the damed incompetent and un voted Brown the labour party goes and elects this fool as its leader.

IF the country wasn't in such a massive hole because of the miss management of the previous government then the labour party would stand NO chance in an election for many years, but this moron will be able to do well by simply wearing a red rosette and talking gibberish till the next general election.

The guy is a moron.

It's the usual case they are given a one-line message, a mantra, by the people behind them (normally PR these days) and repeat it ad nauseum regardless of the question asked to them.

Who was it that said the more you repeat something the more people will believe it to be true?

Serious robot malfunction there. I suppose reckless and provocative is one way of describing politicians

They all do this. Its one of the reasons our democratic process is in terminal decay.

They are scared to deviate from the script. It takes a very skilled interviewer to exasperate a modern politician into saying what he thinks or answering a question.

Agreed, the labour party is in the worst shape now with the current line up then it has been since the days of michael foot.

There is not a single party or politician in the UK I consider worthy of my vote.